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City of San Leandro <br />14143-14273 Washington Avenue Warehouse Project <br /> <br />72 <br />Goal OSC-7 Promote recycling, water conservation, green building, and other programs which <br />reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a more sustainable environment. <br />Policy OSC-7.8 Green Building. Promote green building in new construction and remodels. <br />Goal OSC-8 Promote the efficient use of energy and the increased use of renewable energy by <br />San Leandro residents and businesses. <br />Policy OSC-8.1 Conservation and Energy Efficiency. Strongly advocate for increased energy <br />conservation by San Leandro residents and businesses, and ensure that the <br />City itself is a conservation role model. <br />Policy OSC-8.2 Planning and Building Practices. Encourage construction, landscaping, and <br />site planning practices that minimize heating and cooling costs and ensure <br />that energy is efficiently used. Local building codes and other City regulations <br />and procedures should meet or exceed state and federal standards for energy <br />conservation and efficiency, and support the City’s greenhouse gas reduction <br />goals. <br />City of San Leandro Municipal Code <br />Section 3.24.400 of the SLMC requires commercial business organic waste generators and multi- <br />family dwelling units to participate in organic waste collection services. These uses must subscribe <br />to collection services for compost containers, recycling containers, and landfill containers. <br />Section 7.5.600 of the SLMC requires compliance with the California Green Building Code, Title 24, <br />Part 11, which details requirements for energy conservation and green design. Section 7.5.700 of <br />the SLMC requires compliance with the California Energy Code, Title 24, Part 6, which details <br />requirements for the use of energy-efficient design and technologies as well as provisions for <br />incorporating renewable energy resources into building design. <br />Significance Thresholds <br />Individual projects do not generate sufficient GHG emissions to influence climate change directly. <br />However, physical changes caused by a project can contribute incrementally to significant <br />cumulative effects, even if individual changes resulting from a project are limited. The issue of <br />climate change typically involves an analysis of whether a project’s contribution towards an impact <br />would be cumulatively considerable. “Cumulatively considerable” means the incremental effects of <br />an individual project are significant when considered in conjunction with the effects of past projects, <br />other current projects, and probable future projects (CEQA Guidelines Section 15064[h][1]). <br />According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.5(b), projects can tier from a qualified GHG reduction <br />plan, which allows for project-level evaluation of GHG emissions through the comparison of the <br />project’s consistency with the GHG reduction policies included in a qualified GHG reduction plan. <br />This approach is considered by the Association of Environmental Professionals (2016) in its white <br />paper, Beyond Newhall and 2020: A Field Guide to New CEQA Greenhouse Gas Thresholds and <br />Climate Action Plan Targets for California, to be the most defensible approach presently available <br />under CEQA to determine the significance of a project’s GHG emissions. <br />The 2022 BAAQMD CEQA Thresholds for Evaluating the Significance of Climate Impacts From Land <br />Use Projects and Plans guidance document contains two approaches for determining significance of <br />GHGs (BAAQMD 2022). The two approaches are as follows: